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All About Snow!

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who took this photograph?

a)

Bentley, the "Snowflake Man"

b)

Dr. Smithsonian

c)

Mrs. Greenacre

d)

The Abominable Snowman

2.

Where did Bentley, the "Snowflake Man" grow up?

a)

Washington, DC

b)

Hawaii

c)

The Himalayas

d)

On a Dairy Farm in Vermont

3.

Snowflake expert Jason Benedict taught at the University of _____ (a city that gets a TON of snow!)

a)

Michigan

b)

Buffalo

c)

Washington, DC

d)

Africa

4.

Another name for the Abominable Snowman is...

a)

the Yeti

b)

Danny

c)

Splat

d)

the Beast

5.

Snowflakes begin with...

a)

water vapor in the air

b)

DNA

c)

frozen snow

d)

ice

6.

Water _____ attach to dust particles.

a)

droplets

b)

molecules

c)

bombs

d)

flows

7.

Water molecules attach to dust particles and freeze into ______.

a)

molecules

b)

atoms

c)

crystals

d)

lakes and ponds

8.

_____ _____ form around dust particles to make snowflakes.

a)

Little snowballs

b)

Big snowballs

c)

Abominable Snowmen

d)

Ice Crystals

9.

When did Bentley take his microscopic pictures of snowflakes?

a)

The 1500s

b)

The 1600s

c)

The 1700s

d)

The 1800s

10.

According to Marshall and Danny, what kind of weather made this kind of snowflake?

a)

Hot weather

b)

Freezing, but not too cold

c)

Freezing, super cold

d)

Rainy weather

11.

According to Marshall and Danny, what kind of weather made this kind of snowflake?

a)

Hot weather

b)

Freezing, but not too cold

c)

Freezing, super cold

d)

Rainy weather

12.

According to Callie and Courtney, what can affect the SHAPE of a snowflake?

a)

Height, place, time

b)

Height, temperature, water

c)

Temperature, Humidity, Air Pressure

d)

Air pressure, place, tools

13.

According to Evan, Brady, and Landyn, where does the Abominable Snowman live?

a)

Washington, DC

b)

A Dairy Farm in Vermont

c)

Buffalo, New York

d)

The Himalayas

14.

According to Mya and Bentley, ice crystals change shape as they _____

a)

fall

b)

evaporate

c)

thaw

d)

rise

15.

According to Mya and Bentley, all snowflakes are different BUT they are all ______.

a)

Hexagons

b)

Squares

c)

Bubbles

d)

Triangles

16.

According to Marshall and Danny, no two snowflakes are the same because there's no way the _____ can be the same!

a)

amount

b)

conditions

c)

snowflakes

d)

answers

17.

Who was the first to say that snowflakes are made up of small "globules" we now call molecules?

a)

Bryan Sykes

b)

Johannes Kepler

c)

Jason Benedict

d)

Bentley "The Snowflake Man"

18.

In the 1600s, Johannes Kepler called tiny particles of water "globules." What do we call them?

a)

snowflakes

b)

The Abominable Snowman

c)

Formaldehyde

d)

Molecules

19.

According to Jacoby and Ella, Johannes Kepler was a German _______. What was his job?

a)

Power Lifter

b)

Cat Wrangler

c)

Sandwich Maker

d)

Astronomer

20.

According to Evan, Brady, and Landyn, HOW did scientists conclude that the Abominable Snowman was NOT a modern bear?

a)

DNA from hair and bone

b)

Cave Drawings

c)

Folk Tales and Stories

d)

Photomicrography

21.

What are the Himalayas?

a)

Scientists

b)

Snowflakes

c)

Pollutants

d)

Mountains